San Antonio ranks No. 13 in country for wind power, lags...

2of2Wind turbines at the Desert Sky wind farm send power to San Antonio’s city-owned utility CPS Energy. The utility ranked No. 13 in the country for wind power.Photo: John Davenport /San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio’s city-owned utility ranks No. 13 in the U.S. for wind power, but lags behind Austin.

CPS Energy’s 1,059 megawatts of wind is 15 percent less than Austin Energy’s 1,254 megawatts, ranking that city’s utility No. 10 in the U.S. for wind power, according to the American Wind Energy Association’s 2017 U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report.

CPS Energy added its 1,059 megawatts of wind generation assets through a series of power purchase agreements between 2002 and 2012, according to the utility. That power is enough for more than 210,000 homes on a summer day. One megawatt can power roughly 200 homes in the summer.

The wind generation is significantly below Iowa-based Berkshire Hathaway Energy, which led the country with 6,751 megawatts of wind power. Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy came in at No. 2 with 6,658 megawatts of wind power.

Among public utilities the Tennessee Valley authority was No. 1 with 1,271 megawatts of wind power edging out Austin for the top slot.

CPS ranked No. 3 for public utilities, followed by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Rye Druzin is a business reporter who has reported in Texas since he moved to Midland in August 2014. He covers CPS Energy, refiners, manufacturing and oil and gas for the business desk. A native Californian, Rye earned his bachelors of arts in International Affairs from Lewis & Clark College in 2013.